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Henry_b's Range Rover P38

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i'm 17 s p38 nut/enthusiastic enthusiast

However when a p38 rears its head for reasonable money you don't turn it down.

What is it with me and cheap cars?? :devil:

Anywhoo here's my P38 Warts and all.

Spec's wise.

Monte Carlo Blue Metallic exclusive to 2001-2002 run out P38s :thumb:

Lightstone leather seats with electric headrests

2 person memory

4.6 Rover V8 225hp

4spd ZF auto

BRC sequential LPG injection system. makes 13mpg tolerable :)

18" Comet alloys

6CD changer

Harman Kardon 12 Speaker Surround Sound with 2 subwoofers and 5 amps and a 6 Disc Changer

Electric sunroof

Air con

Dual zone climate control

heated front screen

heated rear screen

Multi function steering wheel

Cruise control

etc etc :thumb:

Anyway here she is after a Mission about in some fields to 'er test the suspension



 
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Now onto some cleaning she had been parked under a tree of some kind in her past, as a result the paint feels like sandpaper.

Also she's fairly patina'd lol

Anywhoo here are some before's





Now the afters.

6hrs of cleaning.

#1 i had to wash her 3 times to get all the crud off!

#2 A run over with a DA and some Meguires ultimate compound

#3 3 Coats of Autoglym SRP

#4 A few coats of Poorboys nattys paste Blue.















 
#14 ·
The Original air intake had cracked and had been repaired with fabric tape.

A Lucky ebay purchase later.



The Old one had also been "modified" originally the pipe should have 2 small chambers hanging off the bottom to help with air circulation.

These had been lopped off and capped for some reason.



My crack!

 
#20 · (Edited)
An update!

I went out today to open the boot, the minute i pressed the button that releases the tailgate i heard a crackle and pop!
now the boot won't open.

Not only that the inside of the car stank of brunt plastic, not good.

I pulled the fuse cover off of the BCM and found fuse 15 had melted, went to replace it but the minute a new fuse touched the terminals POP it blows!

Now the really bad bit, i pulled the plastic trim off the floor and around the seat and found the wiring loom that runs along the floor was submerged in water!!

Also the sound deadening is soaking, but the carpet is dry?!

I've mopped up most of the water

Fuse 15 controls the tailgate, fuel filler flap and the God damn immobiliser!

I hunted around forever pulling plastic trim panels off looking at ground points inspecting the loom etc etc

Then I found out that the lock actuators have a habit of going up the creek and considering the fuse blew when i attempted to open the boot!!

I managed to RIP the trim off the inside of the tailgate and manually open it, then i disconnected all wires.





After disconnecting all the wiring in the boot Fuse 15 stopped blowing, however....

The car was still immobilised, Another recurring issue was a horrible bloody racket that came from inside the drivers door.

This is another common problem, the door lock as far as i understand is part of the immobiliser, when it fails the car is immobile.

sooo

Off came the door card!!



Hmm evidence of a professional previous repair.



After rifling around in there i found this...





Fook knows where it goes, but one problem at a time eh??

This is a far as i've gotten :lol:

way to wet!!
 
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